No resolutions, no promises to eat healthier, no gym memberships.  This year I want to live in the present moment.  My goal is to be...

I started the year of mindfulness by focusing on the breath. Now on the last day of this year, I do the same. Every in breath is followed...

Have I mentioned my master’s degree is in theology? Sometimes I can’t help but talk about God. Incarnation simply means body and spirit,...

Solstice is one of the oldest known holidays in human history. In the Northern Hemisphere, the winter solstice marks the turning point...

For Christians, these weeks in the liturgical calendar are called Advent. Advent means "coming" or "arrival." Many of us are waiting for...

Isn’t it ironic we spend the days of December frantically shopping for gifts and attending holiday parties exactly when our bodies hunger...

Gratitude is like a flashlight. It lights up what is already there. You don’t necessarily have anything more or different, but suddenly...

Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice an echo. Gratitude follows grace like...

In Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer explains, “Gratitude is so much more than a polite “thank you.” It is the thread that...

I'm about to tell you the key to happiness so listen carefully. Gratitude is a super power. It is the antidote to fear. Whenever my world...

Halloween is based on the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. Samhain was the division of the year between the lighter half (summer) and...

Americans tend to idealize rugged individualism but the separate self is really an illusion. From before we are born until our last...

The Peace of Wild Thing When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my...

The frontal cortex is the most evolved part of the brain. It is where we reason, plan, and are self-aware. When scientists examined the...

Our life here on earth begins with our first breath and ends with the last. All the days in between are a series of one breath after...

Some people when they see a tree, see a tree. Some people when they see a tree, come to life. Some people when they see a tree, see a...

This week, I turn to the tradition of the Jewish faith. Last Friday at sundown was the beginning of the Jewish New Year Rosh Hashanah and...

The eighteenth-century Hasidic Rabbi Hayim Heikel of Amdur says: When you awake in the morning immediately remember that the blessed...

In The Hidden Life of Trees, Peter Wohlleben writes there is no such thing as an individual tree but through its roots and branches it is...

A zillion studies show the depth and breadth of our relationships determine our ultimate happiness. Want to improve life on all fronts?...